September 1st, 2020 - August 31st, 2023 | PROJECT
The Hollister Herbarium at Tennessee Tech University will implement “Rooting Students in their Botanical History” — an educational module targeted for 11th and 12th grade biology students. The module will address “plant blindness,” a phenomenon defined as the failure to notice or appreciate plants. The herbarium will collaborate with three Tennessee high school biology teachers, a videographer, and a graduate research assistant to increase knowledge, awareness, and appreciation of plants over the three-year project. Students also will get to know herbarium specimens as an essential resource for information about the natural world.
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Team Members
Shawn Zeringue-Krosnick, Principal Investigator, Tennessee Technological UniversityFunders
Funding Source: IMLS
Funding Program: Museums for America
Award Number: MA-245379-OMS-20
Funding Amount: $173,289
Tags
Audience: Educators | Teachers | Museum | ISE Professionals | Undergraduate | Graduate Students | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Ecology | forestry | agriculture | Life science
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Informal | Formal Connections | K-12 Programs | Park | Outdoor | Garden Programs | Public Programs